<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large;text-align:center"><p> </p><p><img alt="Inline image 2" src="cid:ii_154f31352b16c8b7" height="117" width="314"></p><p>O<font size="4">ctober 7th-October 15th</font></p><p><font size="4"> Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities<br> by Anna Deavere Smith</font></p><p><font size="4">directed by Karen Christina Jones<br></font></p><p><font size="4"> <br> With <a class="" href="https://www.facebook.com/debra.hendlerbercier">Debra Beth Hendler Bercier</a>, <a class="" href="https://www.facebook.com/marquis.heath.16">Marquis Heath</a>, <a class="" href="https://www.facebook.com/caroline.lukasik.3">Caroline Lukasik</a>, Samara Miller, <a class="" href="https://www.facebook.com/jessica.j.paul.14">Jessica JJ Paul</a> and <a class="" href="https://www.facebook.com/lori.m.porter">Lori M Porter</a>. </font></p><p><font size="4">
Fires in the Mirror is a series of monologues excerpted from
interviews. A genre known as Verbatim Theatre, it chronicles a civic
disturbance in the New York neighborhood of Crown Heights in August
1991. In that racially divided neighborhood, a car driven by a Jewish
man veered onto a sidewalk and killed a 7-year-old Caribbean-American
boy who was learning to ride a bicycle. The accident and the response of
emergency medical personnel sparked protests during which a Jewish
student visiting from Australia was stabbed on the street by a group of
black youths. Days of rioting ensued, exposing to national scrutiny the
depth of the racial divisions in Crown Heights. The rioting produced 190
injuries, 129 arrests, and an estimated one million dollars in property
damage. Through the words of 26 different people, in 29 monologues,
Smith explores how and why people signal their identities, how they
perceive and respond to people different from themselves, and how
barriers between groups can be breached.</font></p><p><font size="4"> Coming in 2017<br> March 3rd-March 11th </font></p><p><font size="4"> Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill<br> by Lanie Robertson </font></p><p><font size="4">directed by Karen Christina Jones<br></font></p><p><font size="4"> With Chevell Edwards as Billie Holiday</font></p><p><font size="4">
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill recounts Billie Holiday's life
story through the songs that made her famous. 1959, in a small, intimate
bar in Philadelphia, Holiday puts on a show that unbeknownst to the
audience, will leave them witnesses to one of the last performances of
her lifetime. Through her poignant voice and moving songs, one of the
greatest jazz singers of all-time shares her loves and her losses.</font></p></div><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">Karen Christina Jones<br>Artistic Director<br></font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">Callaloo Theater Company<br></font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">#Inclusion<br></font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">#Opportunity<br></font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">#CallalooTheater<br></font></div></div><br><div><span><font face="garamond, serif" size="4"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B0N_Uy79Dba3b3dOdklRdDlhVG9RUWpXZGlCZUtYampLYWpr&export=download"></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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